economy. We have also given the philosophy in a supplement, thinking it
better that it should come after the Thoughts themselves. We shall issue
a pocket edition on very thin paper for the convenience of such as wish
to make a special study of the work. We also propose to issue a similar
edition of the writings of Epictetus.

EDWIN GINN.

January 20, 1893.




BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS.


M. Antoninus, the son of Annius Verus and Domitia Calvilla, was born at
Rome, A.D. 121. The Emperor T. Antoninus Pius married Faustina, the
sister of Annius Verus, and was consequently the uncle of M. Antoninus.
When Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius and declared him his successor in the
empire, Antoninus Pius adopted both L. Ceionius Commodus and M.
Antoninus, generally called M. Aurelius Antoninus.

The youth was most carefully brought up. He thanks the gods (I. 17) that
he had good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers,
good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good. He had
the happy fortune to witness the example of his uncle and adoptive
father, Antoninus Pius, and he has recorded in his work (I. 16; VI. 30)
the virtues of this excellent man and prudent ruler. Like many young
Romans he tried his hand at poetry and studied rhetoric. There are